A landscaping company employee is dead after an on-the-job incident in Richfield.

Authorities say William Charles Pipes, 52, was killed Wednesday by a flying piece of metal from a wood chipper. It happened while another employee with Victory Tree Service was working on the clogged machine in the 7000 block of James Avenue South.

Pipes was the father of six children, according to family members.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating.

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